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whitlow grass

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noun

  1. any of various plants of the genera Draba and Erophila, once thought to cure whitlows: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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I found the Nepeta and the ivy-leaved Veronica under the hedge; and whitlow grass near the old tower.

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